ARRL Field Day is coming up and I would like a hat with my call sign on it. This way - if there is a ham I run into - they will recognize my call sign.

Where can I buy a hat personalized with my call sign?

I won a really nice hat from HOTPRESS. The hat is well made, looks good, and is colorful. All in all a very well constructed hat. While I did not have to pay for it, (won it on their web page contest), I would have bought it had I seen one.

While these folks make really great hats, they are not really good a promotion... I got a Business card with the hat, and it does not have a web address on it! Here is the web address:

I'll describe what I had.. the hat was a khacki tan color, the bill part was a green (kinda a faded green?) It just had my call letters (in green to match the bill) and then my name in script. I really liked the hat.. I picked it up in Dayton last time I went several years ago. Unfortunately the hat had something spilled on it which pretty much destroyed it I've been looking but no such luck yet.

Call around to your local trophy/award shops and to local embroiderers. Most will have the capability to personalize a hat for you, or advise you where you can get it done. Almost any tailor shop that has a "smart" sewing machine can embroider a hat or patch for you.

When I was TDY to South Korea many years ago, I had a local embroiderer make me half a dozen patches emblazoned with my call sign. It was cheap, and an easy way to ID my ball cap, vest, etc. I bet that an eBay search will find similar services.

Stores like Hobby Lobby also have heat-transfer lettering kits to enable you to do it yourself.

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